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NesTea's GSL appearances including his run that led to the creation of the Nestea award.2010: (3 Open tournaments, no Code A/S)
1. Lost in Ro64 (to
LiveForever)2. Won finals over
MarineKing3. Lost to
Fnatic.Rain in quarterfinals2011: Start of Code S/A GSL structure
Other rules changes:
Jan & March: Ro32 in groups, bottom 2 to Up & Down, top 16 to second groups stage
May: top 16 changed to bracket
July: Only bottom finisher of Ro32 groups to U&D
October: Finals at Blizzcon in Anaheim
November: Bottom 2 of Ro32 groups to Code A (seeded), winners back to Code S, Up & Down matches moved to prelims of next GSL season
1, January: Lost to
Mvp in semifinals2, March: Dropped to Up&Down Ro32, won into Code S
3, May: Won finals over
InCa4, July: Won finals over
LosirA without dropping a map all tournament5, August: Lost to
Mvp in Ro166, October: Lost to
Mvp in Ro87, November: Code A from Ro16, won back into Code S
2012:
8, February, GSL Season 1: Code A from Ro16, won back into Code S
9, April, GSL Season 2: to Code A from Ro32, to U&D, back to Code S
10, July, GSL Season 3: lost Ro8 to
ByuN-- Wins the newly created Nestea Award
11, October, GSL Season 4: to Code A from Ro32, loses Ro1 to Sparta, drops to Code B
12, December, GSL Season 5: Code B to Code A, to U&D...
During this run, Nestea won the finals twice (plus once more in 2010 before Code S created), lost to
Mvp 3 times and fought back from Code A 3 times before finally dropping to Code B in the October 2012 season and is now on his way back into Code S (maybe?).Mvp's journey to the same award2010:
1. Did not play
2. Lost Ro32 to
Zenio3. Lost Ro16 to
Choya2011:
1. Won over
MarineKing2. Dropped to U&D, dropped to Code A
3. From Code A, won Code S spot
4. Finished 3rd in group (#1)
5. Won over
TOP (#2)6. Lost to
MMA in finals (#3)7. Lost to
Leenock in Ro4 (#4)2012
8. To Code A from Ro16, won back to Code S (#5)
9. Won over
Squirtle (#6)10. To Code A from Ro16, won back to Code S (#7)
11. Loses to
Life in finals (#8)12. To Code A from Ro32, back to Code S (#9)
2013:
Next season will be Mvp's 10th consecutive Code S appearance, making him the second person to win the Nestea Award.
During this run, he won the GSL 3 times, lost in the finals twice, fell to Code A once and fought back from Code A to Code S 3 times.
Edit/Update: A couple of other GSL stalwarts (and favorite players)
MarineKing's GSL journey2010
1. Did not play
2. Lost to
NesTea in finals3. Lost to
MC in quarterfinals2011
1. Lost to MVP in finals (#1)
2. Dropped to U&D, won back to Code S (#2)
3. Dropped to U&D, won back to Code S (#3)
4. Dropped to U&D, fell to Code A (#4)
5. Won back to Code S from U&D
6. Finished 3rd in Ro32 groups (#1)
7. Down to Code A from Ro32 groups, won back to Code S (#2)
2012
8. Dropped to Code A from Ro16, won back to Code S (#3)
9. Dropped to Code A from Ro16, Up&Down, won back to Code S (#4)
10. Dropped to Code A from Ro16, won back to Code S (#5)
11. Lost to
Life in Ro8 (#6)12. Lost to
Ryung in Ro8 (#7)Current streak is at 7, next season will be
MarineKing's 8th straight GSL Code S. After losing to Mvp in the finals in GSL 2011 January, MarineKing fell to Code A or Up&Down matches for 8 of the next 9 seasons, failing to win back to Code S once (breaking his streak). But he has made Ro8 the last 2 seasons running.MC's GSL journey2010
1. Lost in R1 to
Polt2. Lost in R2 to
NesTea3. Won finals over
Fnatic.Rain2011
1. Out in Ro16 groups (#1)
2. Won finals over
July (#2)3. Dropped to U&D, won back to Code S (#3)
4. Lost in Ro8 to
HongUn (#4)5. Dropped to U&D, fell to Code A (#5)
6. Lost to
Monster in R1, falling to Code B7. Seeded back into Code S (from MLG), fell to Code A, won back to Code S (#1)
2012
8. Lost to
Genius in Ro8 (#2)9. To Code A from Ro16, to U&D, back to Code S (#3)
10. Lost finals to
Seed (#4)11. To Code A, Ro32, to U&D, back to Code A (#5)
12. To U&D from Code A, still playing...
MC is the most inconsistent of the players reviewed here. He's won 2 GSL seasons, yet fallen to Code A twice and once even all the way to Code B. If he wins back to Code S, next season will be #1 on his next GSL Code S streak, so it will be a very long time before his name is mentioned in the context of a Nestea award. It is hard not to wonder if we are ever going to see a Protoss player win the Nestea award. Maybe that race is more volatile?
